but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at noon on your side. >> right of of the top, we start with breaking news. video of a ride-on bus that into a house in silver spring, maryland. this is near stateside drive, just inside the beltway.

day,more throughout the including when abc 7 news starts at 5:00. good afternoon. i am steve chenevey. in cynne simpson. following breaking news from georgia. we will have the first female member at the football club. they invited connolly's a rice to become the first women of the club's 80-year history. women accepted the invitation. pressure for under s to admit women. murder conviction was set aside. let's check again where he joins us with more on today's's ruling. exonerate,eing a

outcomeabout as good an be expected. he is now a free man. the charges against him have been legally dropped. after a six-month review, they t have another evidence or evidence, he says, bring an indictment, despite that the interview about 40 witnesses. they continue to review the case. from this arean was freed from prison after years of a life sentence. a judge overturned the conviction and said there was from one of the co-defendants. right now, it looks like michael hashes and the clear. to said prosecutors continue this investigation and could possibly bring future charges against

them if they find any new evidence. >> the first day of school has fearing for their children's lives. all this because of a school bus change that they just thursday.about on the change has elementary school busynts walking along a with no sidewalk. >> you can imagine a concern there. see only onu will abc 7 news. if it is sent a letter saying daughter is non-eligible bus rides. with students walking to traffic,close the first day of school has been smooth for a number of angry parents. >> off my daughter is in the fourth grade. we have to walk all the way over here. there are no patrols. there is no sidewalk. >> parents children have always school and claimed they received a letter. away.hey read blew them if they did not give us a

to pucker -- to properly petition for a bus. essentially, the bus stops are eliminated. many are forced to walk on busy roads with no sidewalks and no crossing guards. >> some people probably just somebody ist the street so they just driving. parents did drive their ones to school causing more ingestion. not have that as an option. >> it will be really difficult get my child to school safely. >> we asked school officials about the issue. here is what we got. did this ring a bell at all? >> it does not. >> union temple and the temple hill? the chairman told us this is non-issue. the council member disagrees. himselfto check out for he will beaid

the department of transportation to try to find a better solution. john gonzales, abc 7 news. more safety news with schools back in session. schools and safety limits -- school's own speed zone limits are back in session along with the cameras. clickedr, those cameras nearly 400,000 in $5rs' resulting traffic tickets. an officer is on leave after -- after a shooting in oxon hill. police say he was combative when paramedics tried to help him. police say the officer opened charged athe man him. is now hospitalized. >> a district man remains in a, afternoon after being beaten and left for dead. jummy olabanji has more on the

shakenattack that has the community. a family members say he is showing small signs of improvement. condition remains very critical overall. in an e-mail, he said -- his said that he is an man, a devoted father, incredible husband. if i know that he is fighting his hardest for his family, particularly our young son. they say he went to a game after meeting up with some friends. home or at 1:00 , half policeing was brutally attacked and across the park from eastern market. off it is surprising that someone would get hit like that. it is truly unfortunate. friends say it appeared he help at aet washbor's home, but no one there. found on the porch of a home on saturday morning around 8:30. >> i am surprised nobody noticed happening besides the neighbors

were found in the next day. he remains in a coma and tens undergone two brain surgeries. those living in capitol hill -- s undergone two brain surgery. in capitol hill say praying before him. abigail also says that what to her husband is an unspeakable act. e is baking anyone who may heard anything late friday night or early saturday give police a call. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. after a washout for many , the workweek is getting gloomy start itself. you will likely see more rain the day goes on. first, you will see them over potomac and even over the metro. a few showers pop in on the radar. by the way, that live camera you

saw, that was chesapeake beach. we are starting to see the clouds been out just a little bit. only 72 in manassas. 71 in hagerstown. another unseasonably cool day temperatures right near 80 degrees. thundershowers popping up of the daythe rest today. the trouble forecast shows the cooler air. city, 87. dallas, 88. in and around the great lakes, 70's. a close look at a live super doppler seven coming up. >> let's get to the campaign republican party after thege control misery of u.s. senate and it thatin an interview legitimate rape rarely leads to pregnancy. mitt romney and paul ryan were

distance themselves from the commons. brianne carter joins us now on this newest controversy. >> mitt romney called the remarks insulting and inexcusable. and then the presidential toeful turn his focus back trail telling new thishire voters that ticket has the right the right time. back together again in a battleground state. they continue to campaign on the button issues. economy and medicare. of saving the future is to let 15 million seniors decide how they get their health care instead of 15ulating those decisions to unelected bureaucrats. is the american way to save this program. to take over that big club. sure that we get obamacare out of the way and something that

growth in thisb country. >> most of voters to not feel better off than there were four years ago. among voters in key battleground like new hampshire, obama leads romney 47% to 44%. this is the republican party controversialplay comments on abortion. he said that reagan rarely leads to pregnancy. >> if it is a legitimate rape, body as a way to shut down.ole thing off mitt romney is trying to from thosemself comments saying that governor ryany and congressman those statements. their demonstration would not in instances of rape. >> turning to the democratic obama, he will be sitting down with local media number of those states

later today. he will also make campaign stops swing statesof over the next week. your source for coverage on w.j. l.a..com. just to a search for paul ryan. we're learning more about who speaking at next month's democratic national convention. organizers say it includes mayor, tim kane, massachusetts governor john kerry and martin o'malley. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, another landmark in nasa's mission to mars. this one is firing lasers at the surface. also, information about a

ended with the suspect being killed. >> a race car shoots off the track and into a crowd. a great day outside so far. track and into a crowd. a[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years.

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>> a three people are hospitalized and two others have minor injuries. race nearwatching a the pit area when this happened. a driver lost control, left the track, and crashed into that audience. thee were canceled after cat -- after the crash. new at noon today, we're

learning more about the person who set a cab on fire during a attempt and then died in that fire. police have now had defied the oldpect as 30-year- jacqueline. he took her to the north will drive. was drinkingys he smoking. angry about the $34 cab fare. said she grabbed him, money, and then started after dousing the backseat with alcohol. the driver's hair caught on fire escape.as able to >> it could be a year that prices.ecords gas according to aaa. about one a dime more for gases. that really blows away estimates year that gashis be below $3 by labor day. in maryland, $3.69. virginia, $3.58 per gallon is

the average. you can let the airport authority know where you stand. a public comment period is now .pen 75 cents in 2014. $1. of allaw that picture out there. it is a bad day fishing, than a hurricane. it is good. there is natural spf. we are starting to get some sun out the window. we will see some in the shenandoah valley. not the prettiest of all time lapses, i will be the first to

admit. coming and going. especially towards the end here. there you go. that right there indicates that starting to get some sunlight. pretty cool. but at least we have some interesting cloud formations. we do have just a few showers here and there. especially in the potomac highlands of to the west. but also, right over rockwell. one little showers pop up. over the heart of rockville, pushing off to the north. now, off to the west. rainve the areas of heavy and moderate rain.

this is where we are seeing some sunshine. the zone where we will destabilizing atmosphere. then we will have more pop up the metro area, especially off to the west. it basically does the atmosphere energy. we are already saying that fire. i am really not expecting anything severe from this. now pushing east of 95. some offshore rainfall as well. this is the frontal zone. we will have some areas of low pressure riding along that front. keeping the main rain fall off the east of washington. we have some more isolated showers that cannot be ruled out. this high-pressure takes is already influencing

this weather. we're talking beautiful conditions. mid to upper 80's at that point. if you sunny breaks. a straight start at night around that time. from 80 degrees within the sunny brae this afternoon. tomorrow morning in the 50's. a little bit of patchy fog resulting in some of the .howers tamara, a few degrees warmer. there is that chance of a shower. right now, it is looking perfect. >> all right. thank you so much. >> not bad at all. >> we are following some breaking news at this hour. graphic images to show you where rideon bus has slammed into a

home. >> what an incredible scene in silver spring. you can still see that ride on the living room of this family's house. this happened about one hour ago. but you know what? ignore everything i am saying. this guy rightm here. he was inside the house. you're in the basement. what happened. it sounded like a whole bunch crashing and glass breaking and wood. i ran upstairs to mention my brother was ok. i thought he was all right. ofoked and saw a lot debris. see that couldto happen. where was that taxicab before bus hit it? >> in the driveway. >> so, you walked out.

your brother is fine. physically fine. but you walked out, and you see that scene. thoughts.ur >> i was shocked. there is really not many words feeling when you room and your living see a bus. living roomn your is totally destroyed. i was in shock. >> absolutely incredible. he and his family are doing ok. the sister is normally sleeping hadhe living room, but she left for a program. what happens here may have been a brake problem. upwill have more coming throughout the day. is the story. abc 7 news. so glad that she was not in the living room. could have been a very different outcome. questions as to what

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